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What? [ she looks genuinely confused. ] Kal would never-- [ wait. alternate universe. and there was that time he threatened to strangle artemis when he was being protective of kara. so maybe he would. ] I would never do anything serious to Jason. I like him, even though he's an ass.
I don't have the strength to hurt him unintentionally. Unless you mean emotionally, but that would take a lucky shot.
[ she looks away and runs a hand over her close-cropped hair. ]
Even when I did have my strength and unintentionally hurt people, it was never more than broken bones. I've never killed anyone, [ except for lucy lane that one time, and she came back ] or done any permanent damage.
[ she looks away and runs a hand over her close-cropped hair. ]
Even when I did have my strength and unintentionally hurt people, it was never more than broken bones. I've never killed anyone, [ except for lucy lane that one time, and she came back ] or done any permanent damage.
[ she flinches. ]
That's not--!
[ protesting probably won't help will it? and this is his decision. so kara just... slumps and looks away. she probably should've anticipated this, really. everyone always leaves at some point. he's just. doing it sooner than most. ]
That's not--!
[ protesting probably won't help will it? and this is his decision. so kara just... slumps and looks away. she probably should've anticipated this, really. everyone always leaves at some point. he's just. doing it sooner than most. ]
What's not, Kara?
[ He looks sharply over his shoulder, his hands clenched so hard he can feel his nails even through the material of the gloves. ]
The first chance you had, you went for something you saw as a flaw and a weakness.
[ His palms are hot. Itchy. He doesn't notice, too angry, trying too hard not to see how badly he's hurting her with his words, because he's hurt and all he's ever known to do when that happens is to lash out. ]
Because all you actually see Bruce Wayne's difficult son, and I --
[ He doesn't get much further than that, because that's about when the fire eating the palms of his gloves spreads up his arms. ]
[ He looks sharply over his shoulder, his hands clenched so hard he can feel his nails even through the material of the gloves. ]
The first chance you had, you went for something you saw as a flaw and a weakness.
[ His palms are hot. Itchy. He doesn't notice, too angry, trying too hard not to see how badly he's hurting her with his words, because he's hurt and all he's ever known to do when that happens is to lash out. ]
Because all you actually see Bruce Wayne's difficult son, and I --
[ He doesn't get much further than that, because that's about when the fire eating the palms of his gloves spreads up his arms. ]
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